ARTS, BRIEFLY; Celebrating Clive Barnes

Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

Published: October 26, 2009

Friends and colleagues of Clive Barnes, the influential theater and dance critic who died last year, will remember his life and work on Nov. 2 at an event hosted by the New York Post columnist Michael Riedel. Scheduled speakers include Edward Albee, Paul Taylor and Frederic Franklin of American Ballet Theater, as well as The New York Times's chief dance critic, Alastair Macaulay, and his predecessor at The Times Anna Kisselgoff, among others. Mr. Barnes, who worked for The Post for the last 30 years and The Times before that, helped usher in a new generation of dancers in the 1960s and as a theater critic helped make playwrights like David Mamet and Tom Stoppard famous. The free event, with limited seating for the public, will begin at 3 p.m. at Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.